7 Jul
1940: One Btn of the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa and a Btn of the
Fusiliers Mont Royal arrived at Reykjavik and two days later were deployed
to Hveragerdi (Headquarters), Kaldadarnes and other locations in defence of
Southland. Kaldarnes and Sandskeid were identified as the only two possible
makeshift landing sites in Southland.

1
Aug 1940: 30 Wing RAF arrived to
administer a land plane force at the airfield under construction at
Kaldadarnes. The Wing was controlled by No 18 Group at Pitreavie Castle in
Scotland.

27
Aug 1940: First section of 9 Battles, of
98 Sqn, led by W/Cdr. Ashton in L5343 took off for Iceland escorted by two
Sunderlands. Five hours and twenty minutes later they all landed safely at
Kaldadarnes, L5343 thereby allegedly becoming the first RAF aircraft to set
its wheels on Icelandic soil.